Caraka-samhita, Caraka-sa峁僪it膩: 3 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Charakasamhita.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�) enjoys the prime position among Ayurvedic treatises. The text is written in the form of advices of the sage 膧treya to the sage Agnive艣a. It is believed that Caraka edited these discussions around 3rd century CE which became popular by the name 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻.
The text contains eight sections viz.鈥�
- 艣奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 苍颈诲腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 惫颈尘腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 艣补谤墨谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 颈苍诲谤颈测补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 肠颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 办补濒辫补蝉迟丑腻苍补,
- 蝉颈诲诲丑颈蝉迟丑腻苍补.
S奴trasth膩na contains 30 chapters. Of them the first 28 chapters are divided into seven subsections namely 肠补迟耻峁办补蝉 viz. 产丑别峁箩补肠补迟耻峁补, 蝉惫腻蝉迟丑测补肠补迟耻峁补, 苍颈谤补诲诲别艣补肠补迟耻峁补, 耻辫补办补濒辫补苍腻肠补迟耻峁补, 谤辞驳补肠补迟耻峁补, 测辞箩补苍腻肠补迟耻峁补 and 补苍苍补辫腻苍补肠补迟耻峁补.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismCaraka Sa峁僪it膩 (啶氞ぐ啶� 啶膏啶灌た啶むぞ): An ancient Indian Ayurvedic text on internal medicine written by Caraka. It is believed to be the oldest of the three ancient treatises of Ayurveda.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攎ed. by 艢araka. Io. 335. 359 (肠颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补). 1445 (颈苍诲谤颈测补蝉迟丑腻苍补 and rasa惫颈尘腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补). 1535 (madanakalpa till uttarasiddhi). Cambr. 21 (3 first books). K. 212. B. 4, 222. Ben. 64. Bik. 635. 碍腻峁璵. 12. Pheh. 2. Oudh. Xiv, 108. Xv, 140. Np. I, 16. V, 194. Bhr. 368. Proceed. Asb. 1865, 139. Oppert. Ii, 8210. Carakas奴tra B. 4, 122. Report. Xxxvi. B眉hler 558.
鈥擺commentary] Np. V, 32.
鈥擺commentary] by Agnive艣a. Sb. 284.
鈥擺commentary] by K峁涐梗峁嘺 Vaidya. Quoted Oxf. 318^a.
鈥擺commentary] Carakat膩tparyad墨pik膩 by Cakrap膩峁噄datta. L. 2160. Np. V, 194.
鈥擺commentary] by Haricandra. Quoted Oxf. 187^b.
2) 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�):鈥擟arakas奴0tra. read B. 4, 222.
3) 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�):鈥攎ed. [Bhau D膩ji Memorial] 114. Io. 335 (1-5). 359 (肠颈办颈迟蝉腻蝉迟丑腻苍补). 881 (2-5). 1445 (颈苍诲谤颈测补蝉迟丑腻苍补 and 惫颈尘腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补). 1335 (7. 8). 1935 ([fragmentary] of the s奴trasth膩na). Stein 182.
4) 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�):鈥攎ed. by Caraka. Ulwar 1624. 1625 (S奴trasth膩na).
5) 颁补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶�):鈥攎ed. Ak 925 (inc.). As p. 62 (S奴trasth膩na, and Pa帽cakarm膩dhik膩ra the first 11 chapters of the Siddhisth膩na). 艢g. 1, 183 p. 159 (inc.). Tb. 141. 142 (1-4. 6-8). 143 ([fragmentary]) 144 (5 and fragments of 3 and 5). 152 ([fragmentary]). C. T膩tparyad墨pik膩 by Cakrap膩峁噄datta. Tb. 145 (1-3). 146 (1, 13 up the end of the work).
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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